Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

The men's 50 kilometre cross-country race at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 2 February. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cotrina. Thirty skiers from thirteen countries participated in the event. The Nordic countries once again dominated the event. In a reversal of the top two results in the 30 km (19 mi) race, Swedish skier Sixten Jernberg won the gold, Fin Veikko Hakulinen took the silver and Russian Fedor Terentjev won the bronze. Jernberg would go on to win a bronze in the relay event giving him a full complement of gold, silver and bronze. Hakulinen would win a silver in the relay event giving him a gold and two silver medals for the Olympics.[1]

Medalists

GoldSixten Jernberg
 Sweden
SilverVeikko Hakulinen
 Finland
BronzeFedor Terentyev
 Soviet Union

Source:[2]

Results

PlaceNo.CompetitorTimeDifference*
138 Sixten Jernberg (SWE)2:50.27
233 Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)2:51.45+1.18
32 Fedor Terentyev (URS)2:53.32+3.05
423 Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)2:56.17+5.50
520 Anatoly Shelyukhin (URS)2:56.40+6.13
68 Pavel Kolchin (URS)2:58.00+8.33
730 Victor Baranov (URS)3:03.55+13.28
84 Antti Sivonen (FIN)3:04.16+13.49
912 Veini Kontinen (FIN)3:06.15+15.48
105 Sture Grahn (SWE)3:06.32+16.05
117 Arthur Ohlsson (SWE)3:10.03+19.36
1218 Inge Limberg (SWE)3:10.19+19.52
1325 Stanislav Bukowski (POL)3:10.49+20.22
149 Oddmund Jensen (NOR)3:11.14+20.47
1521 Edvin Landsem (NOR)3:11.43+21.16
1614 Vigilio Mich (ITA)3:11.59+21.32
1736 Gianni Carrara (ITA)3:14.39+24.12
1829 Christian Werner (SUI)3:17.49+27.22
1911 Fritz Zurbuchen (SUI)3:19.42+29.15
2015 Werner Moring (EUA)3:20.32+30.05
2110 Gioacchino Busin (ITA)3:21.05+30.38
2231 Clarence Servold (CAN)3:21.50+31.23
231 Battista Mismetti (ITA)3:23.15+32.48
2417 Alfred Kronig (SUI)3:23.21+32.54
2528 Tatsuo Miyao (JPN)3:25.47+35.20
2632 Christo Dontchev (BUL)3:26.06+35.39
273 Andre Huguenin (SUI)3:31.04+40.37
2839 Thomas Cairney (GBR)3:44.54+54.17
2924 Toby Graham (GBR)3:48.17+57.50
3013 Richard Aylmer (GBR)4:11.40+1:21.13

* - Difference is in hours:minutes.seconds.

Source:[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 612
  2. 1 2 Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 612–613

References

  • Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
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